On this date in 1981, Wendy O. Williams of the punk band The Plasmatics is arrested mid-concert in Milwaukee for simulated sex with a sledgehammer. Williams would file (and eventually lose) a civil suit against the Milwaukee Police.

In 1984, Van Halen begins their "1984" North American tour with a sold-out concert at Jacksonville (Florida) Coliseum.

In 1996, Lisa Marie Presley divorces Michael Jackson citing "irreconcilable differences" after only two years of marriage.